Reminds me of a line from a movie " You think because I'm not a cop anymore means you're safe, well that just means I don't have to bother with all those rules of conduct anymore."
I'm not an authority anymore, that only means I do not have to play by the rules anymore. I still have my contacts. I still have my resources. I still have my allies. Why do you think you have LESS of a problem now?
By the clauses of the death contract, the (former) board members are now forced to be lifetime protectors of Garibaldi and Lise. That is an almost evil level of ingenious.
The beauty of Garibaldi here, is that most other characters couldn't pull off such an over-the-top strongarm act. It wouldn't read as credible. But consider the things Garibaldi has been through and survived by this point. On his scale of experience, bullying this board of powerful people and openly threatening them with assassination is just a petty affair to wrap up before breaking for lunch. It's believable that Garibaldi would have the stones to go through with it, without a moment's hesitation.
no no.. not bullying... DICTATING, what they will do. It's already a foregone conclusion that the board had absolutely no power there at all, so there was no reason or need to intimidate them.
@@whiskeyfur Well as Garibaldi said to G'Kar once, when he talks to people he already knows how the conversation will be going, but he always leaves room for people to disappoint him 🙂
It's the last extra twist of the knife, that little extra petty victory that's so Garibaldi - he only goes that far for someone who's *really* pissed him off... 😁
This was one of my favorite moments in the series. But for me, it never could Compete with Delenn Earth vessel: "Do not force us to engage your ships" Delenn: "Why not? Only one Earth Captain has ever survived an engagement with the Minbari Fleet. He is behind me, you are in front of me. If you values your lives, be somewhere else."
and that hot blonde doesn't seem like anyone you wanna cross in a dark alley either....No wonder Franklin was sweet on her....I picture him actually being there but off screen probably trying not to drool at the sight of his girlfriend being badass LOL ;)
Rule 3: Don't piss off Delenn. (See season3 episode:"Severed Dreams") Rule 4: Don't piss off Sheridan. (See season 3 episode: "Ceremonies of light and dark")
Rule number 1: Ivanova is always right Rule number 2: I will Listen to Ivanova Rule number 3: Ivanova is God Rule number 4: Don't call Ivanova Cute (See season 1 episode "Eyes") Rule number 5: Ivanova is Death Incarnate Rule number 6: Don't get on Garibaldi's bad side Rule number 7: Don't get in Delenn's way when she is pissed. (See season 3 episode: "Severed Dreams") Rule number 8: Don't make Sheridan mad. (See season 3 episode: "Ceremonies of light and dark") Rule number 9: The most important rule you will ever need to know in Babylon 5: NEVER EVER under any circumstances piss Delenn off (See rule number 7 and Season 4 episode: "Lines of Communication")
That it does, the only thing missing is Elmer Fudd. As a side note, Mr. Edgars, who was the richest man alive, had to ship Oranges to Mars for Orange Juice yet on B-5 they had Orange Trees and a few illegal Coffee plants. I would think with all Edgars money he could set up a tropical Green house on Mars for Oranges and a separate one for Coffee if he wanted fresh Coffee. But Garibaldi was the center of the show.
@@55Quirll Edgars was an Earth First kind of person. At least that's how I remember him.Even if he HAD setup a green house on Mars it wouldn't have satisfied him because those would have been Mars Oranges, he ate Earth Oranges, drank Earth Orange Juice and was proud of it!
It was Garibaldi's show. Everyone else was just there to provide context. When Doyle auditioned, he apparently showed up cold off Wall St, looking for his 1st acting gig and they asked him what part he was auditioning for. he said "The one you're going to give me", or some such, and the staff looked at each other and said "Garibaldi". History proceeded henceforth.
So the character you'd expect the least from (ex-drunkard with a bad CV jumping from one job to the next) turns out to be the one character that ends up with a bright future on the show - a billionaire with a wife and kid. That's B5 for you! :D
Don't forget that, in the last season, Garibaldi fell back into the position of "incompetent drunk", due to Bester's abuse of him. It was only at the end, after Sheridan fired him, that Lise helped him sober up & gave him his Happy Ending... so to speak.
Sometimes I wonder if they ever removed that telepathic block Bester put on him that kept Garibaldi from attacking him outright...Bester would be $hitting bricks right along with those corporate a$$wipes if they ever did
They did. In 2271, Garibaldi finally managed to capture Bester. Rather than killing him, Garibaldi had Bester imprisoned for life and subjected to the sleeper drugs that took all of his telepathic abilities away.
@Bek359 -- That's anticlimactic. Bester deserved a more dramatic send-off, even if it were something along the lines of what usually happens to Indiana Jones villains -- face melting, head exploding, etc. I could see Lyta Alexander doing to him what the "crystal skull" aliens did to Irina Spalko.
Today i just so saw the story where Grey (or brownß) 17 was missing, well not really, it was taken over by a cult and a puppet shot a tranquilizer dart at Mr. Garibaldi. All in all it was just some kind of Exit for the Spirit, but then the Zarg appeared. Did i type that out somehow incoherrent ?
I forgot about Londo, in the Gathering - the Pilot episode - he wasn't the bad guy, he turned out to be in the Series and G'kar was the bad guy who turned out to be good.
"Since I don't work for the Government anymore, I don't have to play by the usual rules." Hearing those words from Garibaldi sends chills down their spines and strikes terror into their souls. Garibaldi was dangerous before, but now...
After all this time, "Babylon 5" is still one of the best sci-fi shows ever made! Especially the story and the characters which I loved the first time I laid eyes on! Jerry Doyle as Michael Garibaldi was a big reason why!
+Gnomleif Well the assassination attempt was to keep their pet projects a secret and keep running the company behind the scenes. Now they have to worry about the fact that they made an enemy of one of the most dangerous men in the entire known galaxy who just said "I'm no longer under ethical restraint". Frankly I'd be making myself a non-person after that fact if I were any of them.
well, in fairness, those were genocidal neo-nazis, who fully deserved getting their asses kicked by the other guys, Garibaldi's hologram just helped it along.
I love watching this scene, and boy what a way to get fired. They don't make science fiction shows like this anymore. Unfortunately we lost this great actor. May they rest in peace 'beyond the rim'. Babylon 5 rocks.
This one scene alone proves how powerful with the right intelligence and contacts that Michael Garibaldi can truly be. Thank You Jerry Doyle for bringing Michael to life.
It was a great series for its time despite its sometimes low budget sets. It was the various story lines that made it so great along with the CGI available at the time. The actors did great as well.
Budget management was one of it's greatest achievements; since it helped a lot to keep B-5 on the air. Taking cues from theatre, the production crew recycled props and set pieces, the execs worked out an exact schedule for each season; which actually allowed more money down the road for the more ambitious episodes to be made; and for folks to go be able to home at reasonable hours. As for the computer effects, their successful use(mostly) was what convinced Trek and other sci fi shows to gradually cut back on the physical models. Money as well as Faith Manages, indeed. 😉👍
So many good characters in that show, they all grew, all went through real changes. And the dynamics and chemistry between the actors was outstanding. Still in my top 5 SF shows ever.
Had to be character driven. B5's greatest strength was the story. Had to because the special effects got dated quick. But god the story that was inside that cheap wrapping paper.
Most entertainment will provide one or two hugely satisfying moments during it's course, usually revenge-related. Babylon 5 was resplendent in them, and they were all supremely satisfying. In my opinion it is simply the best sci-fi series ever made. It's certainly my favourite one, coming in above DS9 and Space: Above and Beyond.
I liked when he told G'Kar that Daffy Duck was the Egyptian god of frustration LOL xD and G'Kar practically hugging the life out of Garibaldi after he came back after being in Clark's clutches some of the bloopers and outtakes are good too...like the blonde lady who was kind of an Earth Force PR person who tried to come on to Sheridan citing his service in the mini-bar war in one blooper LOL xD
***** ah that's right...my bad....I think Zack was pretty cool too....he was very sweet to Lyta.....which is one thing I'll never forgive the people in charge of producing the series for.....sticking Lyta with Snobio the Telepath when I think her and Zack would've made a good couple.....along with also literally killing off Susan/Marcus by killing off the Marcus character >.
Too late now after losing so many of the actors who played their characters so very well, but part of me hoped for a long time to eventually see some of the books made into movies (especially the book trilogies). Getting to see Doyle's portrayal of Garibaldi finally being able to hunt down Bester after the telepath war was over and Lyta had removed the blocks in his mind would have been great. Legions of Fire would have made a great movie too, but with both Katsulas and Furst dead now, that is no longer much of an option either.
"Your job is to tell me when Edgar industries screws up, if you're right you get a bonus, but if you're wrong i'll eat you for lunch." So many great lines from so many great characters.
The return of Number One aka Tess Halloran was one of the high points of season five. I've truly enjoyed Marjorie Monaghan's acting since seeing her on that little SF show which couldn't; Space Rangers (1993 ). Tough as nails resistance leader, but Tessa still found the time to give Doctor Franklin a happy - because God knows that poor guy needed it after all the hell he went through.
Shit, I'd have held the door for HIM! Reminds me of when I was checking into a hotel for a convention on Long Island in the mid 2000s. I don't remember if I asked the time, or was asked the time, but I found myself standing next to Peter Jurasik. You can imagine my eyes turning into full on jumpgates.
I'd say that's more than a firing solution...more like a time on target (which is where I think they timed the firing of all their weapons on the station so that every single shot would hit an enemy ship at the same time)
yeah I liked Ivanova too....one of the funniest Franklin/Ivanova exchanges was the one where he was putting them all on diets and she had a diet that was supposed to help her gian some weight as he felt she was underweight and Ivanova's like "All m life I fought against imperialism and now all of a sudden i AM the expanding Russian frontier" and Franklin is like "with very nice borders" LOL...it's a shame they killed off Marcus though....I loved his sense of humor and I think he would've been a good romantic match for Ivanova :(
'Only one man has faced the Mimbari fleet and survived. *He* is behind me. *You* are in front of me. If you value your lives, I suggest you be someplace else' (EA rather quickly turns and runs away...) There's a reason she dumped the man who would become Valen for Tron.. ;-)
Favorite character in the whole show full of awesome characters. My favorite scene was when he shot the speaker in the elevator after the AI kept nagging him.
It's a damned good job she never heard MY thoughts about her because there'd have just been a small, greasy stain on the lift floor where I used to be standing. :)
I've just got the mental image of him slipping in the shower, and suddenly 5 executives who haven't seen him in ten years just...start...BURNING money to make sure he gets medical treatment. Considering every implication is HE NEVER CANCELED THAT.
In a more complex and cynical world, those people were terrified stupid and took covert measures to assure no harm whatsoever, even accidental, comes to them, and in that clumsy process actually killed them.
What he did to find a new board of directors was equally epic (if anyone else remembers)... he promoted the biggest whiners and complainers from around the office to the board and basically told them you have nothing left to complain about since you'll be making the decision from here.
Oh they will have plenty to complain about still, just now, it is also their job to work together to fix the things they complain about, even if the complaint is about him.
From 2009 to 2020, my dear hometown of Ålesund in Norway had a second-hand shop, where visitors and customers could buy various books, magazines, films, records, CDs, etc. without paying dearly for the goods. It was in that second-hand shop I bought all 5 seasons of Babylon 5 and the movies, which I did in 2016/2017 ☺
Season 5 had it's moments of "filling in the blanks", but so many moments of power. Strange that one small line from one episode is one of the most emotionally gut-shredding moments for me in the history of cinema. "Oh, look. The sun's coming up..." - Sleeping In Light
A friend a I were reminiscing on this scene and he mentioned "But wait, what if they actually were to die in an accident, and the Board had nothing to do with it? I thought for a moment, and I responded probably how Garibaldi would from beyond the rim... "Three words....Not...my...problem. "
This was a good scene. There were a lot of scenes, to many to count, which I loved. One of my favorites when it was an episode or 2 before B-5 broke off where Garibaldi went to Security to confront the others. One said something about him not making a scene. I loved Garibaldi's smart response.
This will be interesting especially with the remaining cast being involved because the show at the end said there wouldn't be another Babylon station after 5. So im wondering how they are going to do that or if they are going to just retell the story with changes throughout it.
What skills does a cop have? I didn't know being incompetent was a skill most are almost criminally ignorant about the laws their supposed to enforce .🤣 🤣 🤣
@@jimbotheassclown Don't know how this slipped by me for over a year but let's respond. First, police are very well trained in the law they enforce. Much of the academy classroom time is on laws, regulations, and procedures. Second in a situation like the above shown, try weapons skills, CQC, forensics, investigations, running street sources, profiling, communication, survival, and whatever else a specific agency or department might require. Law enforcement gets held back alot by the rules and laws that constrain them, but they are very skilled when the gloves come off. And if they are no longer a cop, then L.E. ROE doesn't apply anymore.
Does the expression, skinned alive ring any bells. Still makes me giggle, RIP Michael, you will be missed, out there with Stephen, G'kar and the one was, walking the stars like giants. Forever will you be missed. 😢
I love the Daffy Duck print on the wall in the backrgound. Reminds me that Michael Garibaldi was a Daffy Duck and Looney Toons aficionado! I salute you sir!
This show was/is so awesome. So many wonderful dialogs, especially the lines from Garibaldi and Ivanova. :) I still keep trying to hook young viewers on this treasure trove.
My only gripe is that the series never got around to showing Garibaldi vs Bester. These guys were just the opening act, Bester would have been the headlining event.